Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
III.C TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
Technology resources are used to support student learning programs and services and to
improve institutional effectiveness. Technology planning is integrated with institutional
planning.
III.C.1
The institution assures that any technology support it provides is designed to meet the
needs of learning, teaching, college-wide communications, research, and operational
systems.
Descriptive Summary
Hartnell College provides its students, faculty, staff and administrators with a comprehensive
array of technology to support learning, teaching, college communication and overall
efficient operations of the college. To ensure that the technology deployed is supported and
meets the needs of the college community, there are multiple measures in place to provide
strong leadership and decision making around technology purchases, implementations and
infrastructure investments. The college has several methods of assessment and evaluation to
ensure that the technology it deploys meets the needs of students, faculty and staff and that
the expectations of these groups are met or exceeded. The college is strengthening its
program review process so that it is tied to its budget allocation model, which channels
technology needs from the program and department level to the college wide governance and
decision-making groups.
Through assessment of program review and Student Learning Outcome (SLO) data, and
through shared governance technology leadership groups like the Financial Information
Subcommittee (FIS), Distance Education Committee (DEC), Resource Allocation Committee
(RAC) and the Technology, Human Resources, and Facilities Committee (THRFC), the
college can identify needs related to technology and also assess the progress and success of
ongoing technology services and current implementations. Additionally, the college plans to
establish quarterly surveys of faculty, staff and students as a primary means of identifying
their satisfaction level with its array of technology services and functions. In creating a
dynamic learning environment for students and an efficient and dynamic working
environment for the college community, intelligent and strategic use of technology is critical
to success at Hartnell College. Student learning and improving the instructional experience is
the focus and purpose of college technology implementations, from equipping classrooms
with multimedia and high-speed Internet, to facilitating an interactive lecture and classroom
experience, to creating the highest quality virtual classroom experience through distance
education software. Hartnell College uses multiple means of assuring that the technology it
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